NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Good. This is a library rebound copy with gilt stamping to spine. A sturdy binding, some edge-wear, clean. Covers are tight. Library book plate on the front paste-down page, with front fly leaf showing remains of a pulled piece of paper. No ink stamping to text block edges; however, there are several small ink stampings in the book, including title page, none covering the text. A few pages have some age staining, a few pages with accidental rubbing to front edges. Otherwise the text is mainly clean and unmarked with still bright paper. All plates are present and in good condition. 32 b/w photographic plates. 220 pages.

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Bookseller: North Country Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12816
Title: THE CONGO AND COASTS OF AFRICA
Author: Richard Harding Davis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1907
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